Seventy-Seven Sexy Shoegazers
by CellarDoor

Favorite genre after post-punk, this is a list of classic shoegaze releases aka from the 90s.
I tried to stick to the true shoegazers, hence trying to distinguish the albums from dream pop, noise pop/rock or alternative 90s rock. Some choices might seem arbitrary, like not including My Bloody Valentine "Isn't Anything", Catherine Wheel "Chrome", Swirlies "Blonder Tongue Audio Baton", Bowery Electric "Beat" or Telescopes "Taste", but I wanted a list closest to my idea of the genre (with My Bloody Valentine in mind). Also, it's difficult to talk about shoegaze without mentioning all the wonderful EPs. I decided to add my favorite compilations to the list for this reason.
Happy listening and recommendations are welcome :)

• Chart updated: 04/14/2013 21:35
• (Created: 10/30/2012 20:58).
• Chart size: 76 albums.

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Loveless 

 My Bloody Valentine

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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,156 charts

Rank Score:

28,630

Rank in 1991:

2

Rank in 1990s:

5

Overall Rank:

24

Average Rating:

 86 (2,479 votes)

Comments:

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EP's 1988-1991 
Compilation

 My Bloody Valentine

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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

267

Rank in 2012:

101

Rank in 2010s:

941

Overall Rank:

5,092

Average Rating:

 84 (171 votes)

Comments:

7

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Blue Day 
Compilation

 Slowdive

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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

189

Rank in 1992:

115

Rank in 1990s:

1,097

Overall Rank:

6,745

Average Rating:

 79 (59 votes)

Comments:

5

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Nowhere 

 Ride

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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

564 charts

Rank Score:

4,515

Rank in 1990:

3

Rank in 1990s:

69

Overall Rank:

374

Average Rating:

 81 (694 votes)

Comments:

54

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Xuvetyn 

 Lovesliescrushing

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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

101

Rank in 1996:

228

Rank in 1990s:

1,874

Overall Rank:

11,509

Average Rating:

 77 (35 votes)

Comments:

0

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Stereo Musicale 

 Blind Mr. Jones

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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

105

Rank in 1992:

184

Rank in 1990s:

1,806

Overall Rank:

11,085

Average Rating:

 74 (18 votes)

Comments:

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Delaware 

 Drop Nineteens

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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

194

Rank in 1992:

112

Rank in 1990s:

1,068

Overall Rank:

6,595

Average Rating:

 75 (75 votes)

Comments:

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Methodrone 

 The Brian Jonestown Massacre

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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

295

Rank in 1995:

84

Rank in 1990s:

790

Overall Rank:

4,706

Average Rating:

 79 (93 votes)

Comments:

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Just For A Day 

 Slowdive

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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

218 charts

Rank Score:

1,118

Rank in 1991:

25

Rank in 1990s:

277

Overall Rank:

1,522

Average Rating:

 78 (288 votes)

Comments:

15

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Gold 

 Bethany Curve

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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

31

Rank in 1998:

442

Rank in 1990s:

4,355

Overall Rank:

27,859

Average Rating:

 75 (17 votes)

Comments:

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Seventy-Seven Sexy Shoegazers composition

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From Johnnyo 10/01/2025 19:29 | #311153

Great title for a chart and some great picks here. Nice work

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From PeterSmith 09/23/2022 15:13 | #289902

Don't know the genre too well so this is a good stopping off place for me to pick up some hints

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From JulianR 09/23/2017 08:26 | #198592

A great genre, but I there are tons of more recent stuff that you haven't considered yet. Also many of these I would consider alt rock but my bar is high for calling something shoegaze.

Also check out astrobrite - crush, and panda riot - infinity maps. They're both great. Deafcult - auras is pretty good too

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From Dingerbell 09/28/2013 16:44 | #87085

I would like to see that chart. ;)

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From CellarDoor 09/28/2013 15:22 | #87081

@Dingerbell Yes, this is a 90s centered chart for the classic shoegazers.
There are many great releases from the 00s which could probably need a chart...

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From Dingerbell 09/28/2013 14:03 | #87077

Are you deliberately not including albums from the 21st Century? There're very good albums by LSD and the Search for God, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, A Place to Bury Strangers, The Big Pink, Yuck and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, to name a few.

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From imnotanotter 07/18/2013 17:12 | #81889

Check out Pipe Dreams by Whirr, came out last year. I think you'd really enjoy it.

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From GeevyDallas 04/15/2013 16:47 | #73246

Silvania and The Ectasy of Saint Theresa <3

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From SingingPeasant96 04/12/2013 12:52 | #72627

Thanks! I was looking for new bands after MBV and Slowdive
And this could be nice map:)

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From MrFrogger 03/24/2013 21:52 | #69795

Man, this is awesome

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